Reversing-gearing.



H. 1. SMITH.

REVERSING GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. 1917.

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REVERSING GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. 1911.

Patented J an, 22, 1918.

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REVERSING GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 22. 1917.

Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

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HENRY J. SMITH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR T0 H. J. SMITH TRACTOR COMPANY, OF HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA.

REVERSING-GEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22,1918.

Original application filed May 3, 1915, Serial No. 2 5,574. Divided and this application filed March 22, 1917. Serial No. 156,710.

To all zvlzom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Reversing-Gearing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to reversing gearing for use on tractors such as designed for agricultural purposes, one of the objects of the invention being to provide mechanism whereby a tractor can be driven at different speeds either forwardly or'hackwardly by a direct drive.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise emobdiment'of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention'has been shown.

In said drawings Figure l is a plan view of a vehicle embodying the present improvements.

F ig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough on line 2-2 Fig. 1, parts being broken away.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section through a portion of the machine, said section being taken on the line 33 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section through the rear portion of the transmission.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the frame of a tractor and said frame can be of any suitable size and construction and preferably has a reduced front end 2 supported by front or steering wheels 7.

The rear end of the frame 1 is formed with depending side arms 8 carrying a cross strip 9 to which plows or other implements to be drawn may be secured. Frame 1 is adapted to extend under the rear axle of the machine this axle being made up of tubular sections 10 extending in opposite directions from the casing 11 of the differential gears, there being alining driven shafts 12 within the tubular sections and to which the rear drive wheels 13 are secured. To the inner end of each of the shafts 12-is secured a gear 14, these two opposed gears meshing at all times with a bevel gear 15 interposed between them and journaled on a stem 16 which is secured within a large spur gear 17 extending around the space between the gears 14.

The spur gear 17 is constantly in mesh with two opposed gears 18 formed on the hub portions of opposed bevel gears 19, said gears 18 and 19 being fixedly mounted on a transverse shaft 20. The gears 19 and 18 and the shaft 20 are disposed within an extension 21 of the casing 11, this extension having a tubular side arm 22 into which the shaft 20 projects, said side arm being provided with a screw thread 23 on the outer face thereof of considerable pitch. This thread is engaged by a sleeve 24 in the outer end of which is secureda head 25 provided with a central opening 26 in which is journaled'the reduced end portion 27 of shaft 20. A hearing disk 28 is arranged between the head 25 and an interior shoulder 29 formed within arm 22 and interposed between the disk 28 and head 25 is a 'series of anti-friction balls 30, these halls being mounted in suitable races provided therefor.

the shaft against which the disk 32 is held by an enlargement 34 at the terminal of the shaft. Thus it will be seen that while the shaft 20 is free to rotate, it is held against longitudinal movement independently of the sleeve 24, by the disks 28 and 32 cooperating with the head 25. However, when the sleeve 24 is shifted longitudinally, shaft 20 will be moved therewith, carrying with it the gears 19 and 18. During this longitudinal movement of the shaft, the gears 18 will not become released from the spur gear 17 but will remain in engagement therewith, the teeth on gears 18 sliding along the teeth on the gear 17. Depending swung in one direction, shaft 20 will be moved bodily in one direction with the sleeve 24 While, when arm 35 is swung in the opposite dn ection, the longitudinal movement I of shaft 20 and the parts thereon will be reversed;

Extending from the extension 21 of casing 11 is a tubular member 38 in which is journaled a drive shaft 39 having a bevel gear 40 secured to it and interposed'between the: gears 19. The gears 19. and 40 are so proportioned that, when shaft 80 is in its normal position, neither of the gears 19 mesh with the gear 40. However, when shaft 20 is shifted in one direction in the manner hereinbefore described, one of the gears 19 will be brought into mesh with gear 1. In transmission gearingg the combination with an annular gear, of a transverse shaft, opposed bevel gears fixed thereon,

gears extending inwardly from said opposed bevel gears and constantly meshing with the annular gear, an interposed bevel gear normally out of mesh with the two opposed bevel gears, means for driving the interposed bevel gear, and'means for shifting the transverse shaft longitudinally to bring either of the opposed bevel gears into mesh with the interposed bevel gear without disengaging the intermediate gear from the annular gear.

I 2. In transmission gearing, the combination with an annular gear, of a transverse shaft, opposed bevel gears fixed thereon,

gears extending inwardly from said opposed bevel gears and constantly meshing with the annular gear, an interposed bevel gear normally out of mesh with the two opposed bevel gears, means for driving the interposed bevel gear, and means for shifting thetrans verse shaft longitudinally tobringeither ,of the opposed bevel gears into mesh with the interposed bevel gear without disengaging the intermediate gear from the annular gear, said means including" a threaded member fixedly mounted, asleeve engaging and extending around said threaded member beyond the end thereof, and a connection between the sleeve and one end of the shaft, said connection including anti-friction devices. r V

3. In transmission gearing, the combination of an annular gear, a transverse shaft,

opposed bevel gears secured thereto, an in- I termediate gear meshing with the annular gear and secured to the shaft, a bevel gear interposed between and normally out of mesh with the bevel gears on the shaft, threaded member concentric with the shaft,

as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa-- ture in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY J. SMITH lVitnesses: H. L. CAImoL, SADYE HETTING.

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